Karaisali Vocational School, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
J Med Entomol. 2021 May 15;58(3):1149-1156. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa275.
Sand flies are vector of several diseases, mostly cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis (CL and VL). Also, 29 sand fly species have been identified in previous fauna studies carried out in 40 provinces of Turkey. Totally, 24 sand flies species belonging to Phlebotomus (Ph.) (Diptera: Psychodidae) genus have been proven or reported as possible vector species. This study aimed to develop a new software which could contribute to researchers' decision making about the identification of sand flies with obtained data from entomological surveys conducted before in Turkey. Developed software called TRsandflies included 35 textbox created with parameters obtained from caught sand flies specimens by the above-mentioned surveys. It also contained 130 photos and distribution maps related to 24 sand flies species. In addition, C# language and MYSQL database were used in the program. TRsandflies had three different forms (pages) allowing the user to compare the specimens and known species. In the species identification trials with three repetitions carried out in the program, except for the specimens belonging to the Transphlebotomus Artemiev & Neronov, 1984 subgenus, morphometric data of all previously collected sand fly species specimens were included. The process of running the morphometric measurement results of predetermined specimens in the program provided us with an accurate prediction rate of 86.66% in male specimens and 71.66% in female specimens. We concluded that the web-based software developed could play an important role in reducing the rate of possible errors that might be encountered by conventional identification methods.
沙蝇是几种疾病的媒介，主要是皮肤利什曼病（CL）和内脏利什曼病（VL）。此外，在土耳其 40 个省进行的先前动物区系研究中已确定了 29 种沙蝇。总共，已经证明或报告了 24 种属于白蛉（Phlebotomus）（双翅目：白蛉科）属的沙蝇物种为可能的媒介物种。本研究旨在开发一种新软件，该软件可以帮助研究人员根据在土耳其以前进行的昆虫学调查中获得的数据，对沙蝇的鉴定做出决策。开发的软件称为 TRsandflies，它包含了 35 个文本框，这些文本框的参数是从上述调查中捕获的沙蝇标本中获得的。它还包含了与 24 种沙蝇相关的 130 张照片和分布图。此外，该程序还使用了 C#语言和 MYSQL 数据库。TRsandflies 有三个不同的表单（页面），允许用户比较标本和已知物种。在程序中进行的三次重复的物种鉴定试验中，除了属于 Transphlebotomus Artemiev & Neronov, 1984 亚属的标本外，所有以前收集的沙蝇物种标本的形态测量数据都包含在其中。在程序中运行预定标本的形态测量结果的过程为我们提供了 86.66%的雄性标本和 71.66%的雌性标本的准确预测率。我们得出结论，开发的基于网络的软件可以在减少传统鉴定方法可能遇到的错误率方面发挥重要作用。
